PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3883
PRINTER'S NO. 4373
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2561
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY SCHLEGEL CULVER, TOOHIL, KULIK, PICKETT, KORTZ,
YOUNGBLOOD, BARRAR, DeLUCA, READSHAW, IRVIN, JAMES,
M. K. KELLER, FRITZ, BOBACK, SCHEMEL, SCHMITT, MULLERY,
MIZGORSKI, ULLMAN AND HICKERNELL, JUNE 8, 2020
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 6, 1980 (P.L.197, No.57), entitled "An
act regulating the licensure and practice of optometry,
making repeals and providing penalties," further providing
for definitions, for approval of drugs, for exemptions and
exceptions and for violations and penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "examination and diagnosis"
and "practice of optometry" in section 2 of the act of June 6,
1980 (P.L.197, No.57), known as the Optometric Practice and
Licensure Act, are amended to read:
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
meanings given to them in this section:
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"Examination and diagnosis." Any examination or diagnostic
means or method compatible with optometric education and
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